EBTSOYP November Sessions!

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I’ve just returned from a 10 day expedition to the Galapagos and will be sharing my adventures visiting 9 islands aboard the National Geographic Endeavour with Lindblad Expeditions as a Grosvenor Teacher Fellow. I’ll share pictures and videos and talk about natural history and conservation issues on the islands.

Google Hangout Link:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQ3x4R8qXcA

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Join in as we head behind the scenes at Ripley’s Aquarium of Canada to meet the zebra sharks. We’ll see the use of tactile enrichment to desensitize the animals to handling for medical procedures. Through the use of positive reinforcement in the form of food, the goal is to engage the animals to turn voluntarily onto their backs for blood samples and other tests.

Google Hangout Link:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JjSBK56IAtY

November 8th @ 1:00pm EST

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Jonathan is a National Geographic Explorer studying frogs and the chytrid fungus that is devestating populations across the planet. Jonathan started the Honduras Amphibian Rescue & Conservation Center to prevent the extinction of vulnerable species.

Google Hangout Link:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=txk1lbbV1ro

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It’s chick rearing season at SANCCOB and education director Tamlyn Hardy will be sharing a lesson on how South African penguin chicks are reared at SANCCOB and taking classes on a tour of the nursery. Join us as we head to South Africa for another awesome virtual field trip!

Google Hangout Link:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3joZ-wj81F4

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Join Daniel Devost, the director of science operations at the Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope for a french hangout. Daniel will take classrooms into the control room of the telescope to explain how the telescope works and the mysteries of our universe that astronomers are using it to to try and unravel.

Google Hangout Link:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UebPUq1-dMQ

November 10th @ 2:00pm EST

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Brit is currently based in Wellington, New Zealand as she works towards her PhD in Marine Biology at Victoria University. Her research focuses on New Zealand shark species that are caught as bycatch in the deep-water fisheries. Her images have gained recognition from National Geographic, Getty Images, and Canada’s leading photography magazine.

Google Hangout Link:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ik5xQKWActI

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Canadian star of Survivorman, which debuted in Canada in 2001, he was the first person to produce an internationally broadcast series entirely written, videotaped and hosted alone. Les is fellow of the Royal Canadian Geographical Society and a member of the Explorer’s Club.

Google Hangout Link:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NEBVdlyZgmI

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Join in as we head behind the scenes at Ripley’s Aquarium of Canada to meet the zebra sharks. We’ll see the use of tactile enrichment to desensitize the animals to handling for medical procedures. Through the use of positive reinforcement in the form of food, the goal is to engage the animals to turn voluntarily onto their backs for blood samples and other tests.

Google Hangout Link:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F0Icll7-xfg

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It’s chick rearing season at SANCCOB and education director Tamlyn Hardy will be sharing a lesson on how South African penguin chicks are reared at SANCCOB and taking classes on a tour of the nursery. Join us as we head to South Africa for another awesome virtual field trip!

Google Hangout Link:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CW_SdKPe6T4

November 17th @ 11:00am EST

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In May 2007, Meagan summitted Mount Everest, achieving her goal to climb the Seven Summits – the highest peak on each continent. In January 2010, Meagan completed the first Canadian Solo Ski to the South Pole. Travelling over 1095km in 40 days, she hauled a sled weighing just over 200lbs. Following her polar expedition, Meagan embarked on a 7.5 month journey to the Himalayas, where she attempted to climb 5 great peaks.

Google Hangout Link:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LxA6wqlLeCw

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Jeffrey Marlow studies microbes that inhabit extreme environments such as volcanic lakes in an effort to understand biology’s outer limits. This research sheds light on the possibility of life on other planets. Here on Earth, Marlow is also studying how to use microbial metabolisms to solve energy and environmental problems.

Google Hangout Link:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=apBdICE6Qco

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Join Travis and learn about the amazing biodiversity of Madagascar, lemurs and beyond! Recently he returned from the 100 Miles of Wild Expedition into Madagascar’s remote Great Tsingy region, you won’t believe his stories of adventure as well as all of the amazing discoveries the team made!

Google Hangout Link:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2C9f7z6a_YM

November 23rd @ 10:00am EST

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James is a serial Adventurer, after a serious motorcycle injury he was told he would have trouble continuing a physically challenging life. Jame respnded by setting off on the ‘Ultimate Triathlon’. Rowing the Atlantic Ocean solo, cycling the world and climbing Mt. Everest! Join in for his hilarious stories from around the world!

Google Hangout Link:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tUUWn2p7pKU

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It’s chick rearing season at SANCCOB and education director Tamlyn Hardy will be sharing a lesson on how South African penguin chicks are reared at SANCCOB and taking classes on a tour of the nursery. Join us as we head to South Africa for another awesome virtual field trip!

Google Hangout Link:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jRS2eOjq_ng

November 24th @ 11:00am EST

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Leanne is one of Canada’s top 25 female explorers. She’s a conservation filmmaker whose documentaries Being Caribou, Finding Farley and Bear 71 have won multiple awards. In 1998 and 1999 she hiked, skied and canoed for 3,400 kilometres along proposed wildlife corridors from Yellowstone, Wyoming, to Canada’s Yukon. In 2007, she paddled, portaged, and sailed across Canada to meet writer Farley Mowat.

Google Hangout Link:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wu3zafsYg4M

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LUNATIC is the story of Ian, who had his first adventure by scaling the shed roof at aged 3. He has subsequently climbed five of the seven summits, cycled 5,000 km solo across Australia and almost died from a fall on the successful expedition to summit Mount Elbrus in Russia. He became the oldest Canadian to ski from the coast of Antarctica to the South Pole, a trek only 300 before him have ever completed.

Google Hangout Link:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=drE6MRH150U

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Ami is a National Geographic Photographer who’s been to over 90 countires. She has lived in mud huts and war zones, contracted malaria, and donned a panda suit—all in keeping with her philosophy of “living the story.” She has beared witness not only to violence and conflict, but also to surreal beauty and to the enduring power of the human spirit.

Google Hangout Link:

Link Coming Soon!!!

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Holly is a Biologist, Zoologist and Conservationist in the Peruvian Amazon. Leading the Mammal Research for an NGO in remote field sites deep in the rainforest. She often goes for weeks at a time without communication with the outside world. Keeping an eye out for gangs of vicious wild pigs, being careful to avoid picking up flesh-eating diseases and memorable encounters with rare birds and animals are all in a day’s work for a Ross-shire zoologist in South America.

Google Hangout Link:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fFbynovZKcE